Archive for Release Year: 1990
9 posts from 24 September 2023 to 01 October 2017.
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Took them 5 films to cosmetically change the formula.
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Joel Schumacher does the atheist’s take on near death experiences. It’s all about what we do in life.
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A Tom Clancy novel directed by John McTiernan. I’m surprised more shit doesn’t blow up. It’s as batshit insane as The Sum of All Fears, but this is a better film.
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A focused version of the TV show. It’s only the greatest hits, but they are almost all there. The TV show takes its time between plot developments, it’s less jarring and has less mood swings.
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Calling Dick Tracy, calling Dick Tracy. I’m a beat cop and I can’t tie my shoes, help me Dick Tracy. What do I do, Dick Tracy? Help me, Dick Tracy.
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A slasher with just a few characters. Clearly fiction when Internal Affairs do suspend cops for excessive use of force. Not pure copaganda, though.
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Takes the cake for one of the most convoluted plots in a film noir. Makes Memento seem like The Straight Story. I posit it’s literally impossible to follow on the first view.
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Come on man, I got four kids to feed!
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This is less edgy, less gory, more silly all around. It does work as a standalone action film of politically questionable variety (like Ghostbusters), but the RoboCop baggage drags it down.